These two were a challenge because we have a rule against deep frying in our house. I actually had a hard time finding anything specifically related to Mississippi - it's just generally Southern. And the main food related to Indiana seems to be a fried pork cutlet sandwich. They also make a particular pie called "sugar cream pie". It's basically sugar and cream in a pie crust. We passed on that too.
I was very happy when I finally came across the information that Indiana is the biggest producer of ducks in the U.S.! That led us to making sauteed duck breasts with a blackberry-madeira sauce for Indiana. Everyone was happy with the result :-). For Mississippi we made "Mississippi Caviar". There are many variations on this dish, but it is usually a black-eyed pea salad. Ours had cider vinegar and jalapeno in it, among other things.
We also made baked "hushpuppies" for Mississippi. For those not from the South, hushpuppies are basically deep fried cornbread balls. They're really tasty, but with our no deep frying rule, we went for a baked version. They look just like mini corn muffins, but there's grated onion in the batter and they do have a distinct taste. Not as good as the deep fried hushpuppies of my youth, but still good.
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